Craftsman bungalows and historic homes are in high demand.Key ROI Factors:Homes often need cosmetic updates, not full rebuilds, making renovation costs manageable.ARV is climbing as retail, restaurants, and parks continue to develop in the area.Pro Tip: Focus on properties within walking distance of hotspots like Five Points or Riverside Village for a premium resale value.2.

Pulled this together for a RE Investor meet up on how "today's tech stack" is breaking down historical concerns of STRs being a time-suck for RE Investors when looking at either purchasing properties for STR deployment or evaluating assets for STR usage vs other strategies.

so I guess if you compare to that..but you have a huge amount of folks that think the ONLY good investment is if its positive cash flow day one... now I agree with that in certain areas and or certain assets.. if they won't appreciate then of course you need positive cash flow to make sense of it.. but if you in areas that historically go up... then whats 100 a month going to do for the average person living in the bay area.. 

And we need to get in that direction, and when that unfortunate event happens for them there'll be some historical precedent they'll step on.

There's now a whole generation of homeowners that need to cycle out of historically low rates to free up that inventory enough to create price drops.

Starting in the greater Richmond area is a fantastic choice, as it's known for its mix of historic charm, affordability, and a growing market. 

Generally 1 to 2 years is where I've seen the bar drawn historically.

This campus hosts a large Magnolia home goods store, high end furniture store, cupcake bakery, coffee shop, gardening shop, live music concert venue, large grass area with toys and balls for kids to play with, an open plaza with eight food trucks, a small baseball field (that Babe Ruth once played on and families can now play on for fun), a restored historic chapel (the oldest chapel in Central Texas), and six boutique shops with men, women, and children's products.

Personally, I think most of these funds are run by greedy, opportunistic individuals who capitalized on their own fame, a temporary dummy-proof market, and intoxication with their own "abilities" to vacuum up a bunch of largely unsuspecting dupes, accredited or not into funds that were always risky in that they needed everything to go exactly right (largely, the same way they had been going for the previous 10+ year, a historical anomaly) in order to make it work.

Maui, for example, has been a great place to own vacation rentals historically, but we've seen a huge dip in tourism in the wake of the fires.